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Default Door to Door Salespeople (Was Delicious Dinner and "Calls Past")

On Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:30:55 +1000, Dave Smith >
wrote:

>On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 15:54:27 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:
>
>>On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 8:01:15 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:

>
>>> (laugh) Yeah, right. Who comes over expecting to hang out (and get
>>> fed) anymore without calling first? Should I have offered the
>>> roofing guy to come in for fried shrimp?
>>>
>>> I'm gonna stick with just not answering the door. It's actually
>>> pretty standard MO these days regardless of the neighborhood.
>>>

>>I've run off both Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons. If you tell them,
>>"No one on our block wants your shit," and go out in front of your
>>house like you might follow them, they leave.

>
>JWs are always very polite, in my experience. I say right away that
>I'm not interested. And then we talk a bit about the weather or how
>beautiful the area is. And then they leave. Nobody's offended.

Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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